Both the AP top 25 poll and the USAToday poll ranked Oklahoma number 8 in preseason polling. The rest of the top 10 for the AP poll included:
- USC
- LSU
- West Virginia
- Texas
- Michigan
- Florida
- Wisconsin
- Oklahoma
- Virginia Tech
- Louisville
And for the USAToday poll:
- USC
- LSU
- Florida
- Texas
- Michigan
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Oklahoma
- Virginia Tech
- Ohio State
Oklahoma took 1,166 votes in the AP poll and 1,026 in USAToday. The Sooners take on North Texas at home for the first game of the season September 1.